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  • Suzanne Laytham posted an image in the group Group logo of Paleo PicsPaleo Pics from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 10 months ago

    4 years, 10 months ago
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Looks like a potato or type of egg
    ! #fossil

    • This is probably another concretion. Like your other hollow one I posted on.

    • Thank you

    • Hi there! Potatoes are very young evolutionarily (like less than the past 50 million years, ie after the non-avian dinosaurs) and the rocks in that part of KY are several hundred million years old (older than the oldest dinosaurs and before any flowering plants). I’ve definitely seen blogs dedicated to “potato fossils” but the reality is these are just rocks that look like potatoes. When we cut them they have a crystal structure that is non-biological. I mention this purely because I’ve seen false information circulating online.

    • Thank you Mackenzie for the info and lesson!